Report: Assad to outline solution to crisis

Sources in Syria's leadership estimate that President Bashar Assad will soon deliver a speech in which he will present his plan for resolving the crisis in the Arab country, Lebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar reported.

The sources told the Hezbollah-affiliated newspaper that Assad will agree to a ceasefire and to holding presidential elections in 2014, on the condition that he will be allowed to run. (Roi Kais)